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"Fighting against the prohibition of Christmas was a political act". Image: David Teniers II's Twelfth-night (The King Drinks)

The year Christmas was banned in Ireland and Britain

Christmas • 19 Nov

Geese were favoured for many years for the Martinmas blood sacrifice. Photo: Michael Urban DDP/AFP via Getty Images

Why blood sacrifice rites were common in Ireland on 11 November

Folklore • 11 Nov

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